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Comment by johnriley posted on Colour-Popping at 13/12/2010 - 23:47
I'll go and look for it now.
Comment by johnriley posted on The case of the disappearing topic... at 13/12/2010 - 23:47
I don't know, but the red square is not focus confirmation. It just shows you where the camera is focusing and when it's finished. It's the green hexagon that confirms focus. And our eyes of course...
Comment by johnriley posted on "catch in focus" at 13/12/2010 - 20:49
Looking through the viewfinder, there is a green hexagon that lights steadily when a lens is in focus, be it an AF or MF lens.
The essentials: You need a manual focus lens and the camera body set to AF. The shutter will only release when the lens is in focus, as indicated by the green hexagon.
The essentials: You need a manual focus lens and the camera body set to AF. The shutter will only release when the lens is in focus, as indicated by the green hexagon.
Comment by johnriley posted on "catch in focus" at 13/12/2010 - 20:23
Perhaps you are starting with the lens too much in focus? Don't forget that if the green hexagon is lit and anything is in focus it will fire the shutter.
Comment by johnriley posted on "catch in focus" at 13/12/2010 - 20:05
Do you have the camera set to AF? If not, do so and it should work.
Comment by johnriley posted on "catch in focus" at 13/12/2010 - 19:59
It's a pentax forum, so why can't video shot on Pentax cameras be discussed in any appropriate section, maybe Optios, maybe Digital SLRs, maybe all sorts of places, as apprpriate. I'm not so sure members are so shy if they have something to discuss!
One of the things that amazed reviewers about the ME Super was that the electronic shutter delivered a totally accurate top speed of 1/2000 sec, or 0.5ms. This was a new standard of accuracy.
The MX, with its miniature but conventional horizontally running rubberised silk shutter gave an initial speed of around 1/1250 sec and the feeling was this was done so that in use it would slow to around the correct value of 1/1000 sec.
The MX, with its miniature but conventional horizontally running rubberised silk shutter gave an initial speed of around 1/1250 sec and the feeling was this was done so that in use it would slow to around the correct value of 1/1000 sec.
Comment by johnriley posted on In praise of the humble MV1 at 13/12/2010 - 14:49
The ME and MX were the first releases. The ME Super followed and took the world by storm.
Now the MX is just about contemporary with the original Olympus OM1. But the Olympus has CdS metering, a meter needle readout and even lenses that were not multi-coated. It was effectively the same spec as a Spotmatic. The Pentax MX was much more sophisticated - smaller, GPD metering cells, LED exposure readout and a much better level of finish.
Now the MX is just about contemporary with the original Olympus OM1. But the Olympus has CdS metering, a meter needle readout and even lenses that were not multi-coated. It was effectively the same spec as a Spotmatic. The Pentax MX was much more sophisticated - smaller, GPD metering cells, LED exposure readout and a much better level of finish.
Comment by johnriley posted on In praise of the humble MV1 at 13/12/2010 - 13:50
Have you tried www.photodo.com ?
Comment by johnriley posted on Sigma APO 70-300mm f4 Super Macro at 13/12/2010 - 13:14
